E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 110 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 154 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008 No. 103 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. Mr. POE led the Pledge of Allegiance Madam Speaker, we deserve solutions The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. as follows: that extend to the next generation, not Coughlin, offered the following prayer: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the the next election. ‘‘How great is Your goodness, Lord. United States of America, and to the Repub- f How good You are to those who fear lic for which it stands, one nation under God, You. All those in need can place their indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. GUANTANAMO COURT DECISION trust in You because You are faithful f (Mr. PITTS asked and was given per- mission to address the House for 1 and Your promises will be fulfilled. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER ‘‘You spoke Your Word and we were minute and to revise and extend his re- created. Your Word revealed Your love The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- marks.) and we were redeemed. You send forth tain up to five requests for 1-minute Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, this Your Spirit and renew the face of the speeches on each side of the aisle. week’s Supreme Court decision regard- earth. f ing enemy terrorist detainees at Guan- ‘‘To You be glory, honor and thanks- FINDING REAL SOLUTIONS TO tanamo Bay threatens the separation giving.’’ MEET ENERGY NEEDS of powers by undermining the author- So prays this psalm, the House of ity of the President as commander-in- (Mr. WALZ of Minnesota asked and Representatives and this Nation, both chief and thwarting repeated efforts of was given permission to address the today and forever. Amen. Congress to address this issue. Taking House for 1 minute.) enemy combatants from before mili- f Mr. WALZ of Minnesota. Madam tary tribunals and putting them before Speaker, yesterday I talked to a farmer THE JOURNAL civilian judges is a mistake. The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- who told me he just purchased fuel to Justice Scalia, who wrote a dis- ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- power his irrigation pumps. The cost senting opinion to the 5–4 decision, ceedings and announces to the House for 2 weeks of that fuel, $33,000 worth of said, ‘‘America is at war with radical her approval thereof. diesel. This Nation’s people and econ- Islamists. The game of bait-and-switch Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- omy are reeling because of high energy that today’s opinion plays upon the nal stands approved. costs, and yet some in this House offer Nation’s commander-in-chief will make Mr. WALZ of Minnesota. Madam nothing but the same old political the war harder on us. It will almost Speaker, pursuant to clause 1, rule I, I games, the exact games that put us in certainly cause more Americans to be demand a vote on agreeing to the this position. killed.’’ Let’s be very clear: No one is saying Speaker’s approval of the Journal. Chief Justice Roberts said, ‘‘Today The SPEAKER. The question is on we shouldn’t be producing and using the Court strikes down as inadequate the Speaker’s approval of the Journal. domestic supplies. But false solution the most generous set of procedure pro- The question was taken; and the land grabs and politics aren’t going to tections ever afforded aliens detained Speaker announced that the ayes ap- get us to energy independence. Oil by this country as enemy combatants.’’ peared to have it. companies today are sitting on 68 mil- Madam Speaker, I believe history Mr. WALZ of Minnesota. Madam lion acres of Federal land, your land, will judge the five Justices who sup- Speaker, I object to the vote on the Madam Speaker, that could produce up ported this policy to be mistaken. Un- ground that a quorum is not present to a decade-and-a-half worth of all the fortunately, this most serious issue and make the point of order that a fuel this country needs. Yet they are was stripped from the jurisdiction of quorum is not present. not drilling. Future generations de- America’s elected officials, who are ac- The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause 8, serve that we provide real solutions countable to voters, and given to rule XX, further proceedings on this that not only include domestic produc- judges never elected and not account- question will be postponed. tion, but provide innovations and alter- able to the population at large. The point of no quorum is considered native technologies and crack down on f withdrawn. speculation. AMERICA CANNOT AFFORD MORE f Yesterday, Madam Speaker, China increased their fuel prices by 17 per- FAILED BUSH-CHENEY ENERGY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE cent, and the price of oil dropped by $6 POLICIES The SPEAKER. The Pledge of Alle- a barrel. By anybody’s best estimate, (Mr. WILSON of Ohio asked and was giance will be led by the gentleman that is more than drilling in ANWR given permission to address the House from Texas (Mr. POE). would drop the cost. for 1 minute.) b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H5733 . VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:02 Jun 21, 2008 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20JN7.000 H20JNPT1 jbell on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE H5734 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 20, 2008 Mr. WILSON of Ohio. Madam Speak- go into the history books, but no Boys Tennis Tournament held at Her- er, there are two people to blame for progress has been made on solving ris- sey High School in Arlington Heights. the extremely high increase in gas ing gasoline prices. Most Americans This year’s State finals mark the sec- prices, President Bush and Vice Presi- are for offshore drilling, but the don’t- ond consecutive State championship dent CHENEY, two men who came to the drill-in-America gang says no. for Central’s boys tennis team. White House from the executive suites Why does the anti-American drilling Team member Augie Bloom placed of Big Oil. crowd think it is wrong for us to drill third in singles and the doubles team of This week, the President proposed a at home, but it is right for OPEC and Dan Ballantine and Ian Tesmond proposal that was literally written by the Saudis to drill and sell us crude placed fifth in the State. Additionally, the oil industry: Give more public re- that costs Americans $425 million a teammates Krishna Ravella, Paul Coo- sources to the very same oil companies day? per and Josh Sink all contributed to that are raking in record profits and The Drill Nothing Congress says brining home the prize. Their out- are sitting on 68 million acres of Fed- those American oil companies, which standing performance on the court won eral lands they already have leased. they seem to despise more than OPEC 37 points, a one-point margin of vic- The President called for opening the and dictator Chavez, have enough tory. Guiding the team to victory were Outer Continental Shelf to drilling, leases on Federal land. The problem coach Jay Kramer and assistant coach- even though more than 80 percent of with that lack of logic is there is no oil es John Naisbitt and Bro Ballantine. that is already under lease at this on those leases. The land is full of dry Madam Speaker, our community is time. The President reported the same holes. It is like trying to lease Death very proud of these champions, who old rhetoric about drilling in ANWR, Valley to the farmers to grow corn. It worked so hard for this victory. Their even though his own Energy Depart- won’t work. dedication and fighting spirit is a tes- ment has concluded that will bring no The don’t-drill group thinks Amer- tament to their school and the State of solution for the next 20 years. This ican oil companies make too much Illinois. type of rhetoric is what is hurting us money. Little do they know oil compa- Again, I congratulate the Hinsdale and will continue to hurt our country. nies are owned by millions of middle- Central Red Devils on their state title, Madam Speaker, America cannot af- class Americans who are called stock- and wish them the best of luck in fu- ford any more failed Bush-Cheney en- holders. ture seasons. ergy policies. Open up the Outer Continental Shelf. f f American oil companies will pay mil- CONGRESS HELPING MONKEYS lions in lease revenues to taxpayers. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE AND WHALES WHILE AMERICANS Thousands of jobs will be created. A message from the Senate by Ms. STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET America needs to take care of America. Curtis, one of its clerks, announced (Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania Drill offshore. that the Senate has agreed to without asked and was given permission to ad- And that’s just the way it is. amendment a concurrent resolution of dress the House for 1 minute.) f the House of the following title: Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania. CELEBRATING THE LEGACY OF H. Con.